Kirk W Elifson
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Sterk C, Klein H, Elifson K
Int Public Health J
. 2018 Oct;
7(3):301-319.
PMID: 30271530
Purpose: The focus of this paper is to examine the extent to which a community-based sample of current cigarette smokers believes it to be the responsibility of outside persons and...
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Elifson K, Klein H, Sterk C
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc
. 2018 Jun;
27(1):1-10.
PMID: 29932537
For this study, a syndemics theory approach was used to examine the factors associated with adulthood obesity in a community-based sample of African-American adults. Interviews were conducted with 1,274 African-American...
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Klein H, Sterk C, Elifson K
J Addict
. 2016 Oct;
2016:7513827.
PMID: 27752388
. This study examines the prevalence of alcohol-related problems, the factors underlying these problems, and whether or not there is evidence of syndemic effects in a community population of southern,...
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Klein H, Sterk C, Elifson K
Health Psychol Res
. 2016 Mar;
2(2):1519.
PMID: 26973934
Despite 50+ years of public health efforts to reduce smoking rates in the United States, approximately one-fifth of the adults living in this country continue to smoke cigarettes. Previous studies...
5.
Nehl E, Klein H, Sterk C, Elifson K
AIDS Behav
. 2015 Jul;
20(2):449-60.
PMID: 26188618
The focus of this paper is on HIV sexual risk taking among a community-based sample of disadvantaged African American adults. The objective is to examine multiple factors associated with sexual...
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Klein H, Sterk C, Elifson K
J Addict
. 2014 May;
2013:491797.
PMID: 24826361
Purpose. We examine early-onset cigarette smoking and how, if at all, it is related to subsequent smoking practices. Methods. From 2004 to 2007, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 485 adult...
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DePadilla L, Elifson K, Sterk C
Int Public Health J
. 2014 Mar;
4(4):435-446.
PMID: 24634708
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify independent correlates of the lack of condom use when engaging in vaginal sex with steady partners among HIV-negative African American adults....
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Sterk C, Elifson K, DePadilla L
Int J Drug Policy
. 2014 Jan;
25(3):616-23.
PMID: 24445119
Background: Crack cocaine use and associated negative social and health consequences remain a significant public health problem. Research that expands beyond the individual by considering the environmental context as a...
9.
DePadilla L, Perkins M, Elifson K, Sterk C
Crim Justice Rev
. 2013 Dec;
37(1).
PMID: 24307752
In this paper, we examine the relative contribution of four domains of predictors that have been linked to adult criminal involvement: (1) socio-demographic characteristics, (2) family-of-origin factors, (3) proximal processes...
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Perkins M, Elifson K, Sterk C
J Drug Issues
. 2013 Sep;
40(2):353-378.
PMID: 24039278
The main objective of this paper is to investigate potential predictors of drug risk among a community-based sample of individuals who are exposed to illicit drugs. The four domains of...